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July 19, 1932. p, HARR|$ 1,868,166

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Filed July 23, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR PERCIVAL HARRIS.

ATTORNEY BYWW July 19, 1932.

P. HARRIS DOLL Filed July 23, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR eye portions thereof, and the Patented July 19, 1932 PERGIVAL HARRIS, or ROCKAWAY PARK, NEW ironx p p p "DOLL.

Application. fiiea 'JuIy' 23, 1929. Serial no. 380,436.

This invention'relates to dolls, andmore particularly to dolls? head'sbearin-g eyelashes thereon and to the manufacture of the same.

Dolls of the more expensive kind usually 5 bear eyelashes, but such dolls also are generally equipped with movable eye sets, and the eyelashes are afiixed thereto. Dolls of cheaper manufacture ordinarily are merely painted,

, and do not carry natural hair eyelashes W which actually project in a life-like manner from the headof the doll. i I a My invention relates more articularl t the latter class of dolls, and the primary ob- H ject thereof resides in the provision of a dolls head having eyelashes directly afli'xed thereto, and further, in the provision of a-m'ethod for the manufacture of such dolls which makes it possible to market them at a costonly slightly exceeding that of dolls heads bear- 20' ing no eyelashes. To the fulfillment of this object, in accordance with my invention "the dolls head is provided with eyelash slits, preferably but not necessarily out only par- 7 tially through the wall of the head near the eyelashes are cemented in these slits. V j

One specific object of my invention is to simplify theprocess of cutting-the eyelash slits into the Wall of the head, and'this I do by simultaneously molding the head to the proper configuration and cuttingthe eyelash slits therein, the mold being initially equipped Withcutting tools or projections which serve to impress or mold the desired eyelash slits directly into the wall ofthe head. 7 1 1 1 Before applying the coloring to a dolls head made of molded-composition it is customary to coat the head with a protective 40 stitute a base color. This operation is apt to clog up the eyelash slits, particularly when, as is desirable, the coatin of size is applied by dipping the dolls hea s into a vat of the size. To overcome this objection the method of my invention further includes indenting the coating of size at the eyelash slits, after permitting the size to partially dry, in order to press the size into the slits or recesses. 50

size, which ordinarily is itself tinted to con- The final formation ofthe slitshould best be done after coating the head with size, in;

order to prevent the size from stopping up the slit, but should preferably be done before the size has completely set, in order to revent cracking and breakage of the size. not only clears out the slits but also' ha's the advantage of coating the walls of the slits, giving them a relatively finished appearance, so that if through some accident the eyelashes of the doll are subsequently pulled out of the slits the apearance of the head is not marred so seriously as would be the case were these his slits left in a raw and unfinished condition; i

In accordance with the complete method of my invention the dolls headi-s put through variousprocess steps, some "of which, are relatively optional, in order to protect and color it in the desired manner, and finally the eyelashes are cemented into place, either by applying glueto the eyelashslit's and thereafter inserting the eyelashes, or more preferably by dipping the base edgeso'fthe eyelashes into glue and then inserting the eyelashes into the eyelashslit's'.

copend'ng application, Ser." No. i

In my 7 266,974, fi1edApril8, 1928, I'ha've'cli's'closed a novel eyelash consisting of a fringe layer of hair'strands held togetherby a foundation 'or base consistingof fabric strands interhead or mask, the walls of which are rela tivelythin and yieldable. i a a 1 A specific object of th 'present inv ntion is to apply such an eyelash; to V relatively thick and rigid dolls heads of the molded" type, To this end it is-merely necessary to. employ the foregoing or any-othersuitable method for providing eyelash"slits-,-an-d the foundation or.woven edges of the eyelashes are simply inserted edgewise intothese slits and cemented to the walls thereof. The hair strands and the ,fabric strands .of theisupporting foundation are both exposed to' the no J Y flash,"

5 desired formation at the time of its insertion, and there held for an instant until the glue begins to set, whereupon the lash will be permanently fixed and held, in the desired .shape. i

' 'To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as will hereinafter ap pear, my invention consists in the dolls head and its method of manufacture as herein after are more particularly described in the specification and sought to be defined in the claims.;' The specification is accompanied by drawingsin which: 7 r

' Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section :taken through the female portion of a mold suitable-for the, practice of; my invention;

my invention V mediate stage of its manufacture Fig.5 is an enlarged view of awoven eye- Fig. e" illustrates the finished dolls head;

, Fig.7 is a fragmentary section through one eye showing theinanner in which the eye- 7 lash in inserted; and

- Fig.- 8 'isa similar section illustrating'the use of upper and lower eyelashes.

tion consists broadly, in the manufacture of dolls. heads, such as is shown in Fig. 4, by

V cutting eyelash slits 2, 2 into the walls-thereof, preferably but not necessarily byindento ing these slits at the time the dolls head is molded, the latter being. accomplished by Y projections,- preferably tool. inserts 4:, 4,

shown in Figs. 1 and 2, aflixed to the mold .6 used for shaping the dqlls head.

Considered in its product aspect the invention consists in the manufacture of molded.

dolls headssuch as is illustrated in Fig. 6, having eyelashes 10 adjacent the eye portions-12 thereof which project from the wall of the head in ,a'life-li'ke manner. The eyelashes preferably consist of the Woven hair and fabric strands, as is illustrated in Fig; 5,-

- side of the-head being necessary. e

v. j Considering the method of manufacture of the-dolls heads more in detail, the'female half 6of the mold therefor isprovidedwith tool inserts 4'properly disposed to cut eye-.

lash slits, preferably only partially through T- the wall of the head at thetime'of its initial molding operation.

. "Fig. '2 is a transverse section taken'in the V planeof the line22 in Fig. 1;. g A a liig. 3 illustrates a step in the 'method of p v may mention, however, at this point, that my 25 ;;F1g. 4 shows the dolls head at an lnter- ;Considered in its method aspect my inven- I tratedinFig la i IWhile the, next 's'everalstepsin the process of doll manufacture. are probablyvariable,

tools 4.- are inserted edge foremost to the de- 7 sired depth and at the proper location for the eyelash slits. The mold 6 is'thereaftercast around. the sand mold, preferably out of bronze,;and. the resulting bronze mold car- 1 ries away with it and has'integrally cast which project beyond the inner face of the mold, and are thereby ready toperform the desired cutting, or more properly speaking,

After this preliminary modification of the female part of themold for the forward half of the head, which is clearly illustrated in" Figs. l'and12, the molding operations for the forward and rear halves of. the head may be carried .out in the usual manner. This is of great manufacturing advantage, for no thereinto the cutting tools 4, the edges of extra cutting operation is necessitated. I V

invention includes the manufacture of dolls heads in accordance with' my subsequent teachings, even if the eye slits are cutinto the wall of the head by an operation-separate from the molding'operation j e The front and, rear halves of the, heads are then cemented together,after which the full heads are coated, with a preferably colored glue or size, asby dipping the heads into a Vat of the size.',' The size'penetrates into the molded compositionmaterial of the head,

and protects the same against moisture, and forms asmooth hard base for subsequent coloring operations:

' Thesize tends to clog up the eyelash slits,

and accordingly,"'the final step-inthe formation of the slits must take place after the size has been applied to the head. The next step,

in the mold; Thesecutfinto the slits, and'in- V cidentallypress'the'glue or size into the same, thereby giving the slits a finished appearance, whichis of advantage not'only in pere forming thefsubsequent operations of inserting the eyelashes, but also'because incase' the eyelashes are accidentallypulled out of thef headofv the doll, the appearance thereof is notmarred so badly as would be'the case if 7 these slits werein 'a raw and unfinished con dit'ion. Thedolls head then appearsasillusi The preferred form of eyelash is illus-- trated in Fig. 5, and consists of a layer of hair strands 80, interwoven at one end with V,

fabric strands 32, the latter forming a base or foundation, which extends along one edge thereof. As is illustrated by the brackets A and B, the base or foundation A is relatively narrow, this dimension being made larger in the drawings than in practice, in order to more clearly show the weaving ofthe hair and fabric strands. This eyelash per se is not claimed herein, being claimed in my copending application already mentioned, but is preferably used in the present process because of its many advantages, such as its complete flexibility in all directions, including its ability to be spread out or fanned while lying in its own plane, and also the fact that it presents a narrow base edge which is readily inserted into the eyelash slits, while the base or foundation B permits the cement which holds the last to the walls of the slit to contact with and bind both the hair strands and the fabric threads. 1

Now, in accordance with the present invention, this, or any other eyelash found suitable,is cemented into the eyelash slits already described. This may be accomplished by carefully applying a bit of glue to the eyelash slits and thereafter inserting the eyelashes therein, but more preferably is accomplished by gripping the eyelashes on the portion A and dipping the base B'into a body of cement and thereafter inserting the base into the eyelash slits. When the eyelash is first inserted into the slit it is fanned and held in desired final form, for an instant, till the glue begins to set, whereupon it may be released and will be permanently fixed and held in the desired shape.

A finished dolls head having eyelashes applied above the eye portions thereof is illustools for use on the head after the same has eyelashesin all of the resulting slits. sec

tionithr'ough the eye portioniof adolhsirnilar 'to thesection ofFig. 7, but showing both up} per xand lower eyelashesfis .gi v en'in Fig. 8.

j .Themethod o fimy invention-,andthe many advantages thereof, Willi irate maintbe apparent from the f foregoing l'descript ionf will be obvious toithose sliiilledin this art-that the process for forming the eyelash slits',-and

the mode of applying the eyelashes thereto,

. constitute a. remarkablemanufacturing :sim-

'plificationfrelative to'the prior :art. I :It: will also Lbe understood that the i resulting (lOlliiS life-like in; appearance and a great improvement" over a similar dolls headwhich is not providedwith eyelashesi Itwill be apparent tliatwvhile I=haive shown and described the methodand produ'ctof my invention in i the preferred; formfimany changes .and modifications may be made-with 1} out departing from .zthe spiritof: theJ-invem tion, defined in the following claims. =i. @Iclaimfi r :3":

1. In the. manufacture ofrheads for .dolls, the method which includes cutting a;slit partially through the wall. of the "head near' 'th'e eye .portion:thereof,:and cementing. the base ofan eye lash in the eye lash slit; 5 e i 2. In the manufacture of heads. for f dolls, the method which includes molding the head to proper configuration and simultaneously the head cuttingeyelashslits' in the wall of nearthe eye portions-thereof; i w 7 3;. In the manufacture ofheadsfor dolls, the method which includes'molding the headto proper, configuration, cutting-slits partially through the wall of the-head immediately,

adjacent thefeye portions thereof, coating the head with size, permitting thesize to partial ly dry, indenting the coatingat the eyelash cutting.slitsfpartially through thew'all of;the

head immediately adjacentlthe eye portions thereof, coating the head with size, permie ting the size to artially. dry, indenting the coating at the; eyelash SlltSyll'l orderto press the size into the recesses,- and; cementing 'eye lashesin theie'yelashfslits."

5. In the manufacture offhead siforidolls, the methold which. includes molding the forward half of the head to proper configuration and simultaneouslyv cutting slits in the wall of the head immediately adjacent the eye portions thereof, molding'the rear half of the head, cementing the halves of the head together, coatingthe head with size, pen

mitting the size to partially dry, indenting j the coating at-the eyelash slits, and finally cementing the base of an eyelash in each of the eyelash slits.

6. In combination, dolls he'ad. bearing representations of eyes thereon, eyelash slits cut partiallyv through. the wallof the head immediately adjacent the eye representations thereof, and eyelashes cemented in said. slits.

- '7. In'combination, a dollshead bearing representations'of eyes thereon, slitscut partially through the wall of the head immediately adjacent the eye representations thereon, and eyelashes held in said slits, each of said eyelashes comprising a fringe layer ofhair strands and a supporting foundation therefor consisting of a network of fabric strands interwoven with the strands vof thehair layer.'-. i i 8.: In combination, dolls. head bearing representations of eyes thereon, eyelash slits cut partially throughthe wall of the head immediately adj acent'the eye representations thereof, and eyelashes held in said slits, each 7 eyelash comprising a fringe layer of strands held between, cemented to, and. supported by the walls of said slit.

, diately 7 adjacent the eye representations 9. In combination, a dolls head bearing representations of eyes thereon, slits: cut partially through the wall of thehead immethereon, and eyelashes held in said slits, each of saideyelashes comprising'a fringe layer 7 of hair'strands and a supporting foundation 7 therefor, the supporting-foundation consisting of a network of fabric strands interwovenwith the strands of the hair layer .at one end of saidlayer, and adhesive means 35 securing said eyelash foundation to the walls of said slit. 1 a V r 10. In the manufacture of'molded heads vfor dolls, the method which includes'coating 1 T the head withs'ize, forming finishedslits in the wall of the 7 head immediately adjacent the eye portions thereof when the size has" only partially'set, and cementing the base of an eye lash in each'of the eyelash slits.

11;. In the manufacture of." molded heads for dolls, theimethod which includes cutting thin slits in the wall of the head immediately if adjacent the eye ortions' thereof, coatingthe head'with size, orm'ing finished slits inthe wall-of thehead when the-size has only partially set, and cementing the base of an eye lash in' each of the eye lash slits.

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